2023-11-28 03:38:00
SEOUL: After news of a ban on dog meat in South Korea, farmers raising dogs for meat threatened to release 2 million dogs on the streets.
The ruling People Power Party has passed a bill banning pork in Parliament and is preparing to implement the law.
Meanwhile, dog farmers and hotel owners who serve dog meat staged a protest in front of Parliament demanding that the ban not be implemented this year.
Joo Eung Bong, president of the Korean Pork Farmers Association, said the idea of a pork ban is crazy. Joo Yeung also said that the organization is planning to release 20 lakh dogs in the premises of government institutions and in the houses of law-enforcing MPs.
In July, 200 members of the organization campaigned against animal rights activists and publicly ate dog meat. Ju Yeung said that eating dog meat is an inviolable right and banning it is a form of discrimination.
South Korea’s first lady Kim Hyeon-hee said in a press conference that the illegal sale of dog meat will be stopped and that humans and animals can live in harmony.
The ruling party plans to make selling pork a crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a 50 million won (US$38,000) fine.
If approved by the government, the law will come into effect in 2027. The ruling party has also announced that financial assistance will be provided to the traders who will incur losses due to the ban.
A Nielsen Korea Commission study commissioned by Humane Society International in September found that 86 percent of Koreans do not want to eat dog meat and support the ban.
Animal rights activists say all parties support the ban on table meat, citing cruelty and unsanitary conditions.
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